Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-12-07

The good weather for driving new
corn is also good for drying the damn
wheat that has laid in the barns nm
marketable for months.
/ ONE of our citizens while ON q recant
visit to New York went to nineteen
theatrical places of amusement. and
don't care much about theatres either.
ATTENTION is called to the new adj
refreshments of the Dayton Hedge
Company, w. T. Beck, Mrs. MaTv
Moore, r. III. Beck, G. w. Gordon and
N. G. Moore.
ONE of the most wonderful Of mod
ern inventions is that of Edison's PbOn-
ograph, a description of which as If
appeared in the Scientific American
ana other papers, will be found on our
first page.
THOSE in want of anything in the
way. of notions, millinery or fancy
goods, at cash prices, would do well in
calling upon Mrs. M, E. Lord. T
The prOtracted meeting at severson's
churcn came to a close last week with
an addition of twelve or fourteen
TO the church and the membership
greatly quickened. The MEETING
which had been going on for a month
or more at Friendship in Thoroughfare
Neck also came to a close, with an adj
dltlon of some twenty members.
The rise in the price of corn did not
come quite soon enough to greatly
benefit some of our farmers, we hone
not many. We hear of one man who
sold his crop of between 1000 & 5000
bushels, day or two before the rapid
advance commenced at 40 cents
bushel. 1t has since gone up to So
| cents.
CONTINUATION of the Great Bargain
sale at l.. A. COttOn's. Dress Goods
Linens, Coats, Wraps, Holiday Goods
Handkerchiefs, Muflers. Scarfs
SPlashers, Ladies' Kid and Cashmere
gloves, Hosiery, Hoods, TOboggans.
caps, Fur Trimmings and Mufls. at L,
A. Cotton's, Smyrna, Del. +
WE do not know whether thew are
or not, but business instinct should
prompt our farmers to keep a watcbfnI
eye on that creamery which is about
to be started in Middletown. What
works well elsewhere will work we'll
mere under equally skillful manage
ment, and our farmers should avail
themselves of every means of diversi-
he'd agriculture.
He seems to know, In Iooking ovar
the large collection of goods suitable
for Christmas Gifts one will he con-
WINGED that the reputation of our lew
eler, j. V. Smith, for selecting the most
appropriate articles for Gifts is we'll
sustained He has a fine collection
See advertisement.
The effort which was inaugurated a
year, ago to get the pay for the en-
llsted time OF the.members of the Fifth
ana sixth Delaware Regiments not
being successful before the proDer
authorities in Washington because of
us irregular condition, bill will be in
troduced In Congress granting the an.
thorlty, and our Senators and ReDre-
sentative looked to to help push it
through.
;TRUANCY or bagging it" as it is
called by the children. is GETTING foo
common among our school bows. De-
casionally when time hangs heavy on
their hands they will hunt some seclu-
ded spot to pour over an exciting ten
cent novel, and probably without ex-
ceptlon they are all acquiring the Ian
guage of profanity. The parents can
very readily find out who of their bows
are regular at school and who are not.
THE Fourth Quarterly Conference
ior Smyrna station will meet on Friday
night of this week. The Quarterly
Conference of the Circuit will be held
at Bethel M. b. church, on Saturday
morning at 1O3 O'Clock, and for Appo-
qulnimlnk Circuit on Monday the 10Th
INST. Each of these Quarterly Confer
ences will elect lay delegate to attend
the Lay Electoral Conference, which
meets in Wilmington during the session
OF the annual conference.
HE new and comfortable dwelling
house of H. G. Budd's on South street
mas been finished several weeks and is
nearl y dry enough for them to occupy.
Inc lower floor consists of parlor. Sit
ting room, dining room and kitchen.
Inc second story has three bed cham
Oers and bath room and the third. two
nicely finished rooms. The other side
IS counterpart of this in forming the
double dwelling. A porch that spans
both dwellings adds to the appearance
and comfort of the building.
JOSEPH EVANS received a very severe
fall and injuries one evening last week
but fortunately breaking no bones. at
the abrupt termination of Geo. w
lHghman's pavement where it meets
tnat OF the property of w. w. Tschudv
which has not been brought I'D to the
grade. We have heard Of several Der-
sons being hurt at this place, and the
town may yet have bill of damages
70 pay for some more unfortunate per
son. There are two or three other
dangerous places on this street that
ought to be remedied.
The superintendent of the Band of
Hope, together with several ladies of
the W. G. 7. o., met in the M. F.
church on Tuesday evening, December
9th, and organized a Loyal TEMPER
ance Legion, of the older bows and
girls of the Band of Hope. Twenty
eight names were enrolled. A presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer were
elected. The place of meeting will be
IN the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons reading room every Monday
evening at $50 o'clock. All boys and
girls over the age, of thirteen are cor
daily invited to Join.
The Corn Market.